Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry comprised of three phrases.
Traditional haiku uses 17 syllables (5:7:5) but contemporary haiku in English often ignores this rule. A haiku is typically about nature, the earth and the natural world and are designed to be thought-provoking. These original haiku poems are by Anthony Rutledge and are mostly written in the contemporary free style format.
There are over 2,000 Haiku on this site in ten different themes: Australian, Beach, Garden Sundial, In the Mirror,Kimono,Motherhood,Ships and Oceans,Spring,Windjammers and Miscellaneous.
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open tent
smiling at a bird song
my ear to the next
camping
the owl's turn to
the hint of a moth
camping
the touch of freckles
over Laurel's skin
open tent
some of the bird songs
left in the fog
open tent
twilight darker
when the frogs begin
camping
birds will be birds
such chatter about dawn
open tent
how blue is the lake
changed to skylight
camping
the nearness of stars
on the bedroom walls
camping
the magpie songs
not meant to welcome
weekend camp
touching wildflowers
I cannot know the nectars they hold
open tent
a curtain of rain
moves in the forest
camp fire
our tent's shade
joins the mountain
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